REU Site: Upper Gila Preservation Archaeology Field School, Southwest New Mexico

该项目由SBE董事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。因此，它具有科学和社会效益，它整合了研究和教育。上吉拉保护考古实地学校，位于新墨西哥州西南部的农村，在长期研究项目的背景下，提供在道德上负责和科学上严格的考古方法的实践培训。培训是在保护考古学的精神，哲学整合大图片研究，利用现有的收藏，重点实地考察，现场保护和当地社区推广。在经验丰富的教师团队的密切监督下，该计划为本科生提供了一个身临其境的环境，学习考古领域和实验室工作的基础知识，保护考古学的原则和实践，以及如何将他们的工作与具有当代相关性的更广泛的人类学问题联系起来。具体来说，学生在挖掘和调查技术，实验考古学，文物处理和分析，报告写作和公开演示培训。 基于遗址是不可再生资源的前提下，保护考古实地学校正在培训下一代学术，私营部门和政府机构的考古学家。招生目标是代表性不足的群体，包括美洲原住民，西班牙裔和社区/小型大学本科生，他们的STEM机会有限，以及来自主要学术机构的模范学生，以增加学科中代表的观点的多样性。 学生的努力直接有助于考古西南部的长期研究计划集中在萨拉多现象在美国南部西南部在后期预接触时期（公元1200-1450）。这项研究研究了在西南部大部分地区的动荡和危机时期，文化多样性群体的迁移和社会融合过程。学生批判性地思考考古学和历史对不同社区的价值，并探索不同的方式来交流科学研究的结果。学生通过参与当地社区的外联活动，撰写研究报告和在专业会议上发表演讲，向各种受众展示他们的工作。即使对于学生谁不去追求考古事业，这是很好的培训学习合作和合议，批判性思维，参与公众的宝贵技能，以及文化资源的重要性，在积极的研究环境。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. As such, it has both scientific and societal benefits, and it integrates research and education.The Upper Gila Preservation Archaeology Field School, located in rural southwestern New Mexico, provides hands-on training in ethically responsible and scientifically rigorous archaeological methods in the context of a long-term research project. Training is conducted within a Preservation Archaeology ethos, a philosophy integrating big-picture research, use of existing collections, focused fieldwork, site preservation, and local community outreach. Under the close supervision of a team of experienced instructors, this program offers undergraduate students an immersive environment in which to learn the fundamentals of archaeological field and laboratory work, the tenets and practices of Preservation Archaeology, and how to link their work to broader anthropological issues that have contemporary relevance. Specifically, students are trained in excavation and survey techniques, experimental archaeology, artifact processing and analysis, report-writing, and public presentation. Based on the premise that sites are non-renewable resources, the Preservation Archaeology Field School is training the next generation of academic, private sector, and government agency archaeologists. Student recruiting targets underrepresented groups, including Native American, Hispanic, and community/small college undergraduates with limited STEM opportunities, as well as exemplary students from major academic institutions to increase the diversity of views represented in the discipline. Student efforts contribute directly to Archaeology Southwest's long term research program focused on the Salado Phenomenon in the southern U.S. Southwest during the late pre-contact period (A.D. 1200-1450). This research studies the processes of migration and social integration of culturally diverse groups during this time of upheaval and crisis across much of the Southwest. Students think critically about the values of archaeology and history to different communities and explore different ways to communicate the results of scientific research. Students present their work to various audiences through participation in outreach events for the local community, writing research reports, and presentations at professional meetings. Even for students who do not go on to pursue careers in archaeology, it is excellent training to learn valuable skills in collaboration and collegiality, critical thinking, engaging the public, and the importance of cultural resources, in an active research setting.